Coin counting machine



Original Filed May 21, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO INVENTOR.

CLEMENT LEE DOWNEY.

A TTORNEY.

Jul 11, 1939. c. L. DO-WNEY 2,165,240.

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A TTORNE Y.

July 11, 1939. c. DOWNEY COIN COUNTING MACHINE Original Filed May 21, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 fig. 4

INVENTOR. CLEMENT LEE DOWNEY- ATTORNEY.

July 11, 1939. c, DOWNEY 2,165,240

' I COIN COUNTING MACHINE Original Filed May 21, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 CI 0/155 IO m mmgg INVENTOR.

M1 CLEMENT LEE DOWNEY.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented July 11, 1939 PATENT OFFICE 2,165,240 ooIN COUNTINGMAC-HINE- Clement Lee Downey, Cincinnati, Ohio Application May 21, 1932, Serial No. 612,781 Renewed April 26, 1937 7 Claims.

My invention relates to a new coin counting machine wherein a rotary disc feeds the coins vpast a counting device and deposits the coins either in a coin wrapper or other receptacle.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine with a rotating disc and. adjustable means for guiding the coins from the disc past the feed roller. A still further object is to provide the feeding face of the disc with a thickness gage thereabove having a micrometer..adjustment thereon. A still further object is'to provide the feed roller with a rocking support held under pressure and adjustable tocompensate for wear on the feed roller. A still further object is to provide a removable coin ring and coin .tray

whereby the machine can be easily cleaned. A

still further object is to provide a combination of a five pointed star wheel actuated on continuously counting ratchet, stop members attached thereto and means for regulating the movement of the counting ratchet for permitting adjustment for packages of various denominations. A

further object is to provide a push-pull movement for adjustment to secure different packages of coins actuating in combination with a continuously revolving counting wheel. A further object is to provide a clamping bracket for the machine provided with a lever for supporting a coin package and preventing the coins from falling there through. Still further objects will become apparent as the description progresses.

My invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims and from the drawings, in which latter:

Fig. l is a plan view of the machine,

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken in the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the machine,

Fig. 4 is a front view of the machine,

40 Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the machine with parts removed showing the width gage and star wheel, a

Fig. 6 is a detailed section of the micrometer thickness gage, taken in the plane of the line 66 of Fig. 1,

Fig. '7 is a detailed bottom view of the pushpull adjustment with the ratchet wheel removed,

Fig. 8 is a detailed section of the feed roller mounting, taken in the plane of the line 8-8 of Fig. 1, and;

Fig. 9 is a detailed section of the coin ring and tray attaching means, taken in the plane of the line 9-9 of Fig. 1.

My improved machine comprises a base H provided with legs l2 and a coin tube supporting bracket l3. A shaft 14 is journaled crosswise in the frame and is provided with a spiral gear IS, a vertical shaftlfi is suitably journaled in bearings I! and I8 and is provided with a spiral is pinned to the upper end of the shaft l6 and is rotated by means of a pulleyZl secured to the shaft [4. A handle 22 extends from the pulley for imparting rotation to the shaft M. A coin ring 23 surrounds the disc 20 and has a thickness gage 24 mounted adjacent to the feed-out opening 25 in the ring. This thickness gage comprises a plate 26 secured to a block 2'! and having a threaded stud 28 extending upwardly V 29 and is maintained in position by means of a spring 35. A pair of guide pins 36 extending from the boss 29 into the block 21 maintains the thickness gage against rotation and guides the block in its movement up or down.

A coin tray 40 is provided with extending arms 4| which are received over lugs 42 extending from the coin ring. A stud 43 is slidable in the wall of the frame H and is held against rotation by means of a pin 44 received in a slot 45 in the stud whereby when the coin tray and ring are removed the studs will drop down leaving a clear space to that part of the machine to facilitate cleaning the same. Nuts 45 are received over the threaded ends of the studs for clamping the coin tray and ring to the machine. v A deflector and width gage are mounted on the forward end of the machine and comprise a pair of guides 5| and 52 secured to the frame ll between which a member 53 is slidable crosswise of the machine. The member 53 is provided with an elongated slot 54 through which a suitable stud extends upwardly from the frame II. A nut 55 is received over the stud for clamping the member 53 in the desired position. An arm 56 is pivoted to an extension of the member 53 and is provided with a heel 51. The guide 52 is provided with an inclined face 58 for moving the heel and causing the finger or arm 56 to move inwardly or outwardly according to the position of the member 53. The pivotal connection 59 of the arm comprises a spring wound about the pivotal stud for maintaining the heel 51 against the inclined face 58. The member 53 and the guide 5| are provided with cooperating indicating marks 60 whereby registration of similar marks on both members will give the proper width for a coin of that particular denomination. As indicated in Fig. 5 the width gage is set for counting 25 pieces.

Mounted opposite the width-gage is a five point star wheel 6| which issecured to a shaft 62, the upper end of which is provided with a beveled geared arranged to mesh with a beveled gear I54- secured to a shaft extending from the counting device 66. A member 61 is pivoted about a screw 68 and contacts the star wheel. A spring 69 maintains the member in contact with the star wheel to hold the star wheel after a coin has rotated it one-fifth of a revolution. This counting device is of the type using multiple discs and is of standard construction. The shaft 62 is iou'rnaled in the frame II and has aprojecting tooth I0 secured thereto below the lower face of the frame I I. A ratchet wheel TI is 'mounted on a stud I2 and is rotated by means of the tooth I0 extending from the shaft. 62. V g

.Upon'each revolution of the shaft 62, five coins will have passed through the countingdevice asf vthe coins being forced therethrough rotate the star wheel BI Pins '13 extend upwardly from the ratchet'whee'l I l and are so arranged to pro-- facting ratchet lock it which is spring pressed prevents the ratchet wheel fronrmoving more than one tooth ,at a' time. The means for accomplishing the locking of the star wheel comprises an endwise .shiftable shaft which is slidable in -bearings I6 and I7 and provided with an. extending pin .18. in the end of the shaft to prevent "complete withdrawal of the shaft. A handle 19 is securedto the shaft for operating the same. .An arm 83 is pinned to the shaft and islprovided with a downwardly-extending lug Bi \1 which can be shifted endwise whereby ,saidlug will be positioned :in the path of one of t'ne sets of pins I3. .An extending key ,82 is received in r a groove .83 man armfi l. This .arm is mounted .onastud and canbemoved up or down against the pressureiof a spring atmounted about a screw 81 for rocking the shaft 1.5 and moving the engaging pin 88 out of registry with one of the :notches 89 in the indicating plate .99, whereby :thehandle 719 can be moved back and forth for relocating .thepin '38 in the desired position.

Thesetting of the machine as shown in the drawings is set to allow 20 coins to pass through the machine and move the star wheel 20 times, 101 four revolutions. Each time the star wheel lmoves'5 times the ratchet wheel 'II will .be moved onenotch. Therefore, in the outer circle of pins there is one pin everyyfour notches-on the ratchet wheel, thereby causing the lug 8I to contact one :of the pins "I3 each time thelstar wheel has .been zmovedby twenty coins. Thenextcircle of pins on the ratchet wheel 'IIgis arranged to stop the mechanism after 40 coinsrhave passed through the machine. Likewise theinner'circle-of pins is arranged to stop the machine after 50' coins have gab-passed therethrough. When the .pin .88o n the handle "I9 is in registry with'the zero mark the ..lug ill will have .been moved inwardly out of A plate 9I to which the counting device. is attached forms a housingover a portionof-the star wheel. and the :spring pressed holding member.

V Mounted in the path of the coins being ejected .from' the rotating disc and substantially in axial I line withthe star wheel is a feed roller; which is preferably of a fibrous composition and is .clamped between a pair of collars 96 and 91 suit- I j, ably secured to a shaft 58. The shaft 88 is journaled' in a bearing Silwhich is providedwith ex- Of course, this number ,can be bearings I 02 movable on a pin I03v which is secured in a bracket I04 by means of a set screw I05. The bracket I04 is secured to the frame of the machine byscrews I96, The bearing 99 has an extending apron I0]; against which an ad justing screw- I68 threaded into the frame I I conwtacts. A stud I09 is pinned toa portion of the arm IIlI by means of a pivot pin III]. The stud I09 extends through the frame and has a pair of- .lock nuts I .II threaded on the lower end thereof.'

A spring I I2 surrounds thes'tud and is interposed betweenthe lower face of theframe and the lock nuts toexert a downward pressure on the bear-' ing SBagainst the adjusting screw I98. With this means the feed roller 95 can be adjusted relative to the feeding faceof-the machine whereby any Wear of 'the feed roller .Tcan be compensated for and thereby'prolong the usefulness ,of the feed roller. :u

At the opposite end -.of the shaft 982a, pulley :I I3 is suitably secured. This pulley .receives its rotation througha .belt I received about the pulley ;2I which :has the handle 22 securedthereto for-imparting zrotationto the disc 2Iland the feed roller :95.

The tube supporting bracket I3 is arranged to receive a;coin tube II5 whichcan be clamped therein .bymeans of.:a clamp screw I15. .A plurality of these tubesare provided witheach ma- I chine having a central aperture I IFI. of various sizescfor the accommodation .Of the usual coin wrappers M8 for coins of various denominations. A :guard .II9 projects into the tube supporting bracket for, deflecting the coins being passed un- .der the feed roller into the .coin tube.

.end ofthe coin pac a e I8 for suppo t t coin packagein the tube and preventingcoins ;fromgf alling therethrough. This means comprises anizarm I40,';piyoted.about a stud MI and having an extending flange Hi2 against which a spring I43 twisted about a screw M4 exerts pressure. Thearm -I4lll.- isprovided-with a curved extension I45 -arranged-,to -.contact ;th e lower end of the coin package 'I,I8 .andto crimp the lower edge .of :the packa e.

I48 at the opposite end thereof. being clipped about the lower edge of the arm M5 and secured to thebracket by means of a screw I50 tends to hold the arm I win an upward position for engaging a shoulder 'I5I on the arm "Mlifor holding the. arm I43 in the position shown arm I46 is pivoted. about a screw It! and has a fingerreleasing lug A spring I439 all) to r

inFig. .4. When the package for coins'has been:

filled and it is desired :to remo ve the {package from the coin tube, the lug I48 is. pressed down- ;wardly releasing the lug. I5Iand permitting the arm I 40to snap back under pressure of the spring I43 and thereby withdrawingthmarm -I!l 5.away' ifrom theaxialline of the coin package for permitting .easyremoval of the coin package. I

Inthe operation of the machine, the coins are deposited in the coin rack 40 and: are pushed I therefrom. onto'the disc :20 which is surrounded -by the coinring .23.; The handle ,22' is then ro- V tated for causing the disc to rotate in the directending arms I00 and IBI which in turn have tion of the arrow A, for c'ausing' the coins to be 7 5 thrown against the coin ring. The thickness gage having been adjusted for the particular kind of coin it is desired to count, will allow only one coin at a time to pass thereunder into contact with the deflector arm 56 for throwing the coins into the path of the feed roll which rotates in the direction of the arrow B. This feed roll will grip the coin and pass it forward, past the star wheel and each coin as it passes the star wheel will cause the star wheel to rotate one-fifth of a revolution, which rotation will register a unit on the counting device. As the coins leave the feed roller they are thrown forward against the guard H9 and dropped into the proper package for wrapping the same, or in place of the coin tube and coin package a suitable container may be positioned under the tube supporting bracket for collecting the counted coins as they drop from the machine.

When it is desired to count coins in special groupings such as 20, 40 Or 50, the hand wheel is rotated and a sufficient number of coins are fed through the machine until one of the pins 73 contacts the lug 8| for stopping the machine. The lever 84 is then pressed upwardly to release the lug from the engaging pin, which due to the pivoted construction of the lug 8! will cause the lug to move forward and rest on top of the pin. As soon as the machine is started and the ratchet wheel revolves, the lug again drops into the path of the next approaching pin and causes the machine to look after the pre-determined number of coins have passed therethrough.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with a coin counting machine, an adjustable width gauge, guides for said gauge, one of said guides forming a cam, and a coin deflector pivoted to said width gauge and provided with a heel engaging said cam.

2. In combination with a coin counting machine having a feed roller, a width gauge adjustably mounted adjacent to said feed roller, a pair of guides for said gauge, said gauge and one of said guides provided with registering indicia, one of said guides provided with a cam face, and a deflector pivoted to said gauge provided with a heel co-acting with said cam face.

3. In a coin counting device the combination with a horizontal, rotatably mounted disk for imparting centrifugal force to coins disposed on said disk, means for rotating the disk and means providing a raceway leading away from the disk of a bearing at one side of the raceway having an axis extending transversely to said raceway, a second bearing mounted for movement about the axis of the first bearing, a shaft revoluloly supported by the second bearing and having its axis in substantial parallelism with the axis of the first bearing, a friction feed roller on the shaft and extending into the raceway, the roller having its peripheral face disposed tangential to the raceway, means for yieldingly resisting movement of the roller away from the raceway, and means operable from said disk rotating means for imparting rotation to the disk and to the roller.

4. In a coin counting device the combination with a horizontal, rotatably mounted disk for imparting centrifugal force to coins disposed on said disk, means for rotating the disk and means providing a raceway leading away from the disk of a bearing at one side of the raceway having an axis extending transversely to said raceway, a second bearing mounted for movement about the axis of the first bearing, a shaft revolubly supported by the second bearing and having its axis in substantial parallelism with the axis of the first bearing, a friction feed roller on the shaft and extending into the raceway, the roller having its peripheral face disposed tangential to the raceway, means for yieldingly resisting movement of the roller away from the raceway, means operable from said disk rotating means for imparting rotation to the disk and to the roller, and coin counting means comprising a star wheel extending into the raceway adjacent the roller, whereby to respond to the movement of coins through the raceway while under the control of the feed roller.

5. In combination with a coin counting machine comprising a rotatably mounted star wheel, means for feeding coins singly past the star wheel, means for restraining movement of the star wheel against reverse movement, a rotatably mounted ratchet wheel, means for transmitting a step by step rotary movement from the star wheel to the ratchet wheel and means for preventing reverse movement of the ratchet wheel, of a plurality of sets of stop pins on one of the side faces of the ratchet wheel, the sets of stop pins being arranged in radial sequence, a fork adjustable radially of the ratchet wheel, a stop lug carried by the fork and adjustable to selected positions for contact with the stop pins of a selected set of stop pins, and means for disengaging the stop lug and any pin with which the lug may be in engagement.

6. In combination with a coin counting machine having a star wheel, means for feeding coins past the star wheel, and a ratchet wheel for step by step movement by and under the control of the star wheel, of a plurality of sets of stop pins associated with the ratchet wheel, the sets of pins being spaced at various radii from the center of the ratchet wheel, a fork slidable to various positions radially of the ratchet wheel and having one of its ends shiftable toward and from the ratchet wheel independent of the radial adjustment thereof relative to the ratchet wheel,

a pivotally mounted, spring pressed stop lug on the fork adapted to be selectively moved into the path of the various sets of stop pins by radial adjustment of the fork relative to the ratchet wheel whereby the stop lug may be contracted by a stop pin for holding the ratchet wheel and star wheel against further movement and the stop lug may be moved against the yielding in fluence of its associated spring, and means for shifting the one end of the fork relative to the ratchet wheel for separating the stop lug and the stop pin and for permitting the stop lug to respond to the yielding influence of its associated spring.

7. A device as set forth in claim 6 together with means for yieldingly resisting shifting of the fork, whereby the stop lug is returned to operative position relative to the stop pins upon release of the fork shifting means.

CLEMIENT LEE DOWNEY. 

